Product check system and product check method

Abstract

A survey burden is reduced on a material manufacturer side, while survey items are easily changed on a material purchaser side. A product survey system comprising: a survey target substance master 11 which stores product substance information including at least product specification information for specifying a predetermined product, the names of substances contained in said products, and the contents of said substances; inputting means 3 which inputs said product substance information; and substance code extracting means 5 which, on the basis of the setting of said product specification information of a product and the name of a substance which serve as survey targets, searches said product specification information of said product and the name of a substance which serve as survey targets, from said product substance information database.

1 . A product survey system comprising: 
 a product substance information database which stores product substance information including at least product specification information for specifying a predetermined product, the names of substances contained in said products, and the contents of said substances;    product substance information inputting means which inputs said product substance information to said product substance information database; and    searching means which, on the basis of a setting of said product specification information of a product and the name of a substance which serve as survey targets, searches said product specification information of said product and the name of a substance which serve as survey targets, from said product substance information database.    
     
     
         2 . The product survey system according to  claim 1 , comprising survey target setting means of performing said setting.  
     
     
         3 . The product survey system according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein: 
 said product includes a plurality of sub-products;  
 in said product substance information database, said product substance information is stored on a said-sub-product basis; and  
 said product substance information of said product is expressed as an aggregation result of said product substance information of said sub-products constituting the product.  
 
     
     
         4 . The product survey system according to  claim 3 , wherein: 
 in said product substance information database, said product substance information is managed as product classifications on the basis of the type of said product; and    said survey target setting means performs said setting on a said-product-classification basis, while said searching means searches on a said-product-classification basis.    
     
     
         5 . The product survey system according to  claim 4 , wherein: 
 a survey target exclusion substance relevant to predetermined said product classification is set; and    in the operation of said setting of said survey target setting means, a substance set as said survey target exclusion substance is discriminated from said survey targets, while the product substance information thereof is obtained.    
     
     
         6 . The product survey system according to  claim 1  or  2 , comprising: 
 disclosure condition setting means of setting a predetermined disclosure condition; and  
 restricted outputting means of restricting the subject matter of said search result on the basis of said disclosure condition, and outputting it to the outside.  
 
     
     
         7 . The product survey system according to  claim 6 , wherein: 
 said disclosure condition relates to a provider who provides said product substance information; and    said restricted outputting means performs said restriction on the basis of a permission of said provider.    
     
     
         8 . The product survey system according to  claim 6 , wherein: 
 said disclosure condition relates to the usage charge of said survey target setting means;    said restricted outputting means performs said restriction on the basis of the level of said charge.    
     
     
         9 . The product survey system according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein a product substance information setting means comprising input supporting means which, on receiving an input of a part of characters of the name of said substance, displays a substance name list including said characters, and which receives selectively an input of a specific substance name within said displayed substance name list.  
     
     
         10 . The product survey system according to  claim 1 , wherein said product substance information is managed using a substance code assigned to the name of the substance of said substances specification information.  
     
     
         11 . The product survey system according to any one of claims  1 - 9 , comprising environmental burden evaluating means which, on the basis of said product substance information of said product serving as a survey target, evaluates the environmental burden of a desired product serving as said survey target.  
     
     
         12 . An information-setting check apparatus comprising: 
 product substance information setting means which sets product substance information including at least product specification information for specifying a predetermined product and the names of substances contained in said products;    a relevant substance information database which stores substances relevance information including at least the names of products and/or substances highly relevant to each other based on a predetermined criterion;    checking means which, with referring to said relevant substance information database, checks whether a relevant substance related by said substances relevance information is included in the product specification information or the substances of said product substance information set by said substance information setting means; and    outputting means which, when said correspondence is found, outputs relevant substance information including at least the name of said relevant substance.    
     
     
         13 . The information-setting check apparatus according to  claim 12 , wherein said product substance information includes the content of said substance.  
     
     
         14 . The information-setting check apparatus according to  claim 12  or  13 , wherein when the name of said relevant substance is not included in said product substance information, said outputting means outputs said substances relevance information.  
     
     
         15 . The information-setting check apparatus according to  claim 12  or  13 , wherein said substances relevance information includes the names of use relevant to the substances of said product substance information.  
     
     
         16 . The information-setting check apparatus according to  claim 12  or  13 , wherein said predetermined criterion is defined on the basis of the relevance with said predetermined product.  
     
     
         17 . The information-setting check apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein in the case that the content percentage of the substance of said product substance information relative to said product is not below a predetermined value, said outputting means outputs said substances relevance information.  
     
     
         18 . The information-setting check apparatus according to  claim 12  or  13 , further comprising aggregating means of aggregating the number of said substances relevance information for each of said predetermined products, wherein 
 among said aggregated combinations, said outputting means outputs combinations having a number not below a predetermined number, as said relevant substance information.  
 
     
     
         19 . The information-setting check apparatus according to  claim 12  or  13 , wherein said substances relevance information includes the content percentage range of said relevant substance in the substance of said product substance information.  
     
     
         20 . The information-setting check apparatus according to  claim 19 , further comprising judging means of judging whether a content percentage of said substance included in said substance information falls within said content percentage range of said substances relevance information, wherein 
 said outputting means outputs the judgment result of said judging means together with said substances relevance information.    
     
     
         21 . A product relevant substance information providing apparatus comprising: 
 a product-substance information database which stores product relevant substance information including respective product information of various products and product relevant substance information containing at last the names of product relevant substances selected from said product information of various products on the basis of a predetermined criterion;    inputting means which receives an input of said product information of a product serving as a survey target; and    searching means which searches said product relevant substance information corresponding to said product information inputted through said inputting means, from said product-substance information database.    
     
     
         22 . The product relevant substance information providing apparatus according to  claim 21 , wherein said product-substance information database includes the content percentage range of said product relevant substance in said product, as content percentage information.  
     
     
         23 . A product survey support apparatus comprising: 
 the product relevant information providing apparatus according to  claim 21  or  22 ;    survey sheet preparing means of preparing a predetermined survey sheet; and    outputting means of outputting at least said survey sheet; wherein 
 said survey sheet has subject matter that information including at least the content of a substance related to said product in said product is required.  
   
     
     
         24 . The product survey support apparatus according to  claim 23 , wherein said survey sheet includes the subject matter that at least the content of the substance of said product relevant substance information corresponding to said product information inputted through said inputting means is included.  
     
     
         25 . The product survey support apparatus according to  claim 23 , further comprising judging means of judging whether the content percentage of said product relevant substance included in said substance information obtained from said survey sheet falls within the content percentage range of said content percentage information of said product relevant information.  
     
     
         26 . A product survey system comprising: 
 the product survey support apparatus according to any one of claims  23 - 25 ;    an input terminal which inputs said product information; and    a reply terminal which acquires said survey sheet and which comprises substance information preparing means of preparing said substance information on the basis of the survey sheet.    
     
     
         27 . A product survey method comprising the processes of: 
 inputting product substance information into a product substance information database which stores product substance information including at least product specification information for specifying a predetermined product, the names of substances contained in said products, and the contents of said substances;    setting said product specification information of a product and the name of a substance which serve as survey targets; and    searching, on the basis of a setting, said product specification information of said product and the name of a substance which serve as survey targets, from said product substance information database.    
     
     
         28 . An information-setting check method comprising the processes of: 
 setting product substance information including at least product specification information for specifying a predetermined product and the names of substances contained in said products;    with referring to a relevant substance information database which stores substances relevance information including at least the names of substances highly relevant to each other based on a predetermined criterion, checking whether a relevant substance related by said substances relevance information is included in the substances of said product substance information set by said substance information setting means; and    when said correspondence is found, outputting relevant substance information including at least the name of said relevant substance.    
     
     
         29 . A product relevant substance information providing method comprising the processes of: 
 using a product-substance information database which stores product relevant substance information including at least respective product information of various products and product relevant substance information containing at last the name of a substance selected from the substances contained respectively in the various products on the basis of a predetermined criterion;    receiving an input of said product information of a product serving as a survey target; and    searching said product relevant substance information corresponding to said product information inputted through said inputting means, from said product-substance information database.    
     
     
         30 . A product survey support method comprising: 
 the processes of a product relevant information providing method according to  claim 29;     the process of preparing a predetermined survey sheet; and    the process of outputting at least said survey sheet; wherein 
 said survey sheet has subject matter that information including at least the content of a substance related to said product in said product is required.  
   
     
     
         31 . A computer program of causing a computer to execute all or part of the processes of: inputting product substance information into a product substance information database which stores product substance information including at least product specification information for specifying a predetermined product, the names of substances contained in said products, and the contents of said substances; setting said product specification information of a product and the name of a substance which serve as survey targets; and searching, on the basis of a setting, said product specification information of said product and the name of a substance which serve as survey targets, from said product substance information database; in a product survey method according to  claim 27 .  
     
     
         32 . A computer program of causing a computer to execute all or part of the processes of: setting product substance information including at least product specification information for specifying a predetermined product and the names of substances contained in said products; with referring to a substances relevance information database which stores relevant substance information including at least the names of substances highly relevant to each other based on a predetermined criterion, checking whether a relevant substance related by said substances relevance information is included in the substances of said product substance information set by said substance information setting means; and when said correspondence is found, outputting relevant substance information including at least the name of said relevant substance; in an information-setting check method according to  claim 28 .  
     
     
         33 . A computer program of causing a computer to execute all or part of the processes of: using a product-substance information database which stores product relevant substance information including at least respective product information of various products and product relevant substance information containing at last the name of a substance selected from the substances contained respectively in the various products on the basis of a predetermined criterion; receiving an input of said product information of a product serving as a survey target; and searching said product relevant substance information corresponding to said product information inputted through said inputting means, from said product-substance information database; in a product relevant substance information providing method according to  claim 29 .  
     
     
         34 . A computer program of causing a computer to execute all or part of the processes of: the process of preparing a predetermined survey sheet; and the process of outputting at least said survey sheet; in a product survey support method according to  claim 30 .  
     
     
         35 . A computer-processable medium carrying a program according to  claim 31 .  
     
     
         36 . A computer-processable medium carrying a program according to  claim 32 .  
     
     
         37 . A computer-processable medium carrying a program according to  claim 33 .  
     
     
         38 . A computer-processable medium carrying a program according to  claim 34.